Philippines, Okada ManilaEVENT #23

2025.02.06 - 2025.02.09Add to Calendar

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Ivan Tabucal

Philippines

Blind level

Level 18: 4,000 / 8,000 ante: 8,000

Entries

21/141

Total Chips

4,230,000

Average

201,429

Flight B

SMPSMP

2/7/2025, 12:22:08 PM

Tabucal Left With Crumbs

Level 15: 2,000 / 4,000 ante: 4,000

Ivan Tabucal

With two players seeing a board of 8♥ 6♣ 2♦ and 54,000 in the middle Ivan Tabucal bet 27,000 from the small blind and Jeong Seonghun shoved for 136,000 from the button. Tabucal called with a covering stack to put Seonghun at risk.

Player	Hand	Chips
IT Ivan TabucalPhilippines	J♣J♥ SB	13,000(3 BB)
SJ Seonghun JeongSouth Korea	6♠8♠ D	326,000(82 BB)

Tabucal’s pocket jacks had been cracked by Seonghun’s flopped two pair. Seonghun remained ahead on the T♥ 4♣ runout to double up while Tabucal was left severely short-stacked.

SMPSMP

2/7/2025, 11:45:55 AM

Top Stacks

Level 14: 1,500 / 3,000 ante: 3,000

Player	Chips
RC Rancy Cyril Lee	338,000(113 BB)
ZY Zhifan Ye (2)China	278,000(93 BB)
RT Ricardo Torres (2)Philippines	270,500(90 BB)
JM Juan Mariano	270,000(90 BB)
IT Ivan TabucalPhilippines	195,000(65 BB)
AY Akihiro YamadaJapan	195,000(65 BB)
TN Tamon NakamuraJapan	193,000(64 BB)
JA Janno AlvarezPhilippines	175,000(58 BB)
DK Dk Kim KunwooSouth Korea	174,500(58 BB)
SJ Seonghun JeongSouth Korea	171,000(57 BB)
RJ Rick Jason AmbataPhilippines	169,000(56 BB)
SJ Simon Jeremy Dupin	167,000(56 BB)
NB Nikolai Babushkin	145,000(48 BB)
CH Claude HenoudCanada	140,000(47 BB)
GR Galvez RennielPhilippines	137,000(46 BB)
PJ Pee Jay ArateaPhilippines	124,000(41 BB)
EA Edgar AsehanPhilippines	122,000(41 BB)
YC Yufong ChenTaiwan	117,000(39 BB)
YK Yasuaki KimuraJapan	110,000(37 BB)
GB Ganbold BattulgaMongolia	109,000(36 BB)
JJ John Jay MagadanPhilippines	100,000(33 BB)
ED Edwin Dela CruzPhilippines	72,000(24 BB)
ED Emmanuel DerechoPhilippines	69,000(23 BB)
LE Lenart EcarmaPhilippines	66,000(22 BB)
KS Kei ShinagawaJapan	63,000(21 BB)
TS Taro SakaiJapan	62,000(21 BB)
ME Marco EspelaPhilippines	60,000(20 BB)
SA Shuichi AkibaJapan	36,000(12 BB)
IN Ichiyo NiwaJapan	28,000(9 BB)

SMPSMP

2/7/2025, 10:52:34 AM

Tabucal Sets a Trap and Pays For It

Level 13: 1,000 / 2,500 ante: 2,500

Ivan Tabucal

Ivan Tabucal limped in from middle position, Seoha Lee shoved for 78,000 from the hijack and Tabucal called with a covering stack to put Lee at risk.

Seoha Lee: A♣ 4♦

Ivan Tabucal: K♠ K♥

Tabucal was a big favorite with pocket kings but the 8♠ 2♠ A♠ 2♦ 5♣ runout gave Lee two pair to win the pot to crack Tabucal’s kings and win the pot.

Player	Chips
SL Seoha Lee	162,000(65 BB)
IT Ivan TabucalPhilippines	119,000(48 BB)

SMPSMP

2/7/2025, 10:36:18 AM

Tabucal on Right Side of Massive Cooler

Level 12: 1,000 / 2,000 ante: 2,000

Ivan Tabucal

Player	Chips
IT Ivan TabucalPhilippines	195,000(98 BB)
SJ Seonghun JeongSouth Korea	128,000(64 BB)
SL Seoha Lee	72,000(36 BB)
LS Lee SuyaSouth Korea	busted

Suya Lee opened to 4,000 from the hijack, Jeong Seonghun raised to 11,000 from the cutoff, Ivan Tabucal called from the button, Seoha Lee called from the small blind and Lee shoved for 74,500. Seonghun called, Tabucal called and Seoha Lee folded.

Player	Hand	Chips
SL Seoha Lee	SB	72,000(36 BB)
IT Ivan TabucalPhilippines	Q♥Q♠ D	195,000(98 BB)
LS Lee SuyaSouth Korea	T♠T♥ HJ	busted
SJ Seonghun JeongSouth Korea	J♦J♠ CO	128,000(64 BB)

Board:5♠2♠K♥2♦7♥

All three players had big pocket pairs but Tabucal was in the lead with pocket queens. He remained ahead on the runout to win a massive pot while sending Suya Lee to the rail and making a dent in Seonghun’s stack.

SMPSMP

2/7/2025, 8:26:42 AM

Santos Shows a Boat

Level 7: 400 / 800 ante: 800

Emmanuel Santos

With two players seeing a board of 7♥ 7♦ T♠ 5♥ and 17,700 in the middle Ivan Tabucal checked from the big blind and Emmanuel Manny Santos bet 5,000 from under the gun. Tabucal raised to 18,000, Santos shoved for 33,900 and Tabucal folded.

Santos showed that he had flopped a full house with T♦ T♣ before taking the pot.

Player	Chips
ES Emmanuel SantosUnited States of America	69,600(87 BB)
IT Ivan TabucalPhilippines	31,300(39 BB)